Speaking of re- uniting forks with frames. I have a 1973 peugeot PX-10, 62 cm. I bought it on ebay a while ago. It came to me heavliy modified for touring. It also came to me with a threadless head set and fork set up for cantilever brakes. Any one out there have a period correct fork that you could part with? The frame has been stripped and painted. Ready for period correct decals, thanks to Greg, and clear coat. I am doing the work myself and would love to aquire the correct fork to bring this classic back to the way it was...
Thanks
Ed Busch
Vonore,Tennessee- USA
> Speaking of re-uniting forks with frames, I have a beautiful chrome Coppi
> fork for a 58cm frame from the late 1970s that I would like to find a home
> for. I know someone out there must have an old classic 1970s Coppi lugged
> classic that needs this fork badly. If anyone knows of someone looking for
> one, please let me know. I know Coppis are not that common, making finding
> a
> fork for one next to impossible if you actually needed one. But here it
> is!
> The way I got the fork was that I broke my 1970s Medici frame where the
> downtube cables ran through the inside of the bottom of the down tube,
> just
> under the Campy shifters and I traded the chrome fork from it for this
> COPPI
> version. I realize now that I probably should have kept the one I had,
> haha. I suppose that some water must have gotten inside the cable tubes
> and caused rust, since the cables would naturally wear on the tubes and
> they
> are unprotected from the elements of sweat and weather. Is this a poor
> frame design? I thought it was cool and a nice touch, to have the cables
> run inside the tubes like that, but I guess its not a good idea since I
> rarely see it anymore other than when the entire cable housing goes inside
> and thats better because the cable doesn't rub against the frame and cause
> rust.
>
> Anyway, I'm looking to trade my chrome Coppi fork for a 1970s fork with a
> Cinelli type crown or a Masi fork that will fit at least a 58 or 59cm
> frame,
> which means somewhere close to 8 inches long steering tube, I think.
> Contact me off list if you have something like that that you want to
> trade.
> Other trades possible like for 1st Gen Campy SR rear derailleur, etc.
>
> -Dee Gordon
> Los Angeles, CA USA
>
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:55 PM, galen pewtherer <dolface@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'd love
>> to hear them, so if any listmembers have a story and are willing to
>> take the time to write it out, please post it to the list!
>>
>> Galen Pewtherer
>> in freakishly warm San Francisco, CA, USA